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(Blackfeet Language - audio below)
Aatsimoihkaan
Ayo Ihtsipaitapiyoop
(Dear Creator)
Ispoommookinnan anohk ksistskio
(Help us this day)
Nitahkayistsisinnan, nitahkayiikakimahsinnan,
(to listen, to try hard)
Nitahkaikimmotsiisinnan ki nitahkawatoyiitaksinnan.
(to be kind to one another and to be spiritual)
Ay ispoommoos nitsitapiiminnaniksi; ninnaniksi,
(Help our relatives; our fathers,)
niksistsinnaniksi ki naahsinnaniksi.
(our mothers and our grandparents.)
Ispoommookinnan nitahkaitapaiksikkysinnan
(Help us to walk toward)
Ikkinapi, iitamapi ki kanaisookapi,
(gentleness, happiness and all that is good)
Ayo nitahkaitsiyikskatosinnan
(to avoid)
Saaipoomapi.
(Bad things.)
Tahkastitaam-atsikaa-sinnaan manatsiwa.
(Let us walk on the new green grass.)
Ai.
(don't look at the fuzzy picture, follow along with the prayer above)
Vocals/Prayer by Megan Lunak Music by Charles Littleleaf
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Vocals/Prayer by Megan Lunak Music by Charles Littleleaf
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6 comments:
Beautiful Post.
That's lovely. :)
Another beautiful language on earth. I once listened to native Hawaiian with the same sense of wonder.
Came across a western novel with Chinook recently and thought of that, too.
That is beautiful.
Beautiful language. So glad you included the audio.
Beautiful and timely.
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